Tire valve



May l, 1951 l N. J. NEBou'r 2,551,038

TIRE VALVE Filed Dec. 27, 1948 FIG2.

INVENTOR NOEL J. NEBuT This nut may thus be set in position in a v'ery stable Way over the rubber. Screwing is stopped when the rubber projects beyond the rear edge of the nut by 1 millimetre (see Fig. 4). After'that the threadlike core 5I is introduced into the rubber hose until the head 52 of the said core cornes into abutment against the rst whorl of the spiral reinforcement 50. After that the ferrule 311. of the metal tube 31 enclosing in 38 the usual valve mechanism is engaged, between spiral 50 and rubber I, as shown on Fig. 4. This ferrule preferably ends in a thin edge 39 facilitating this engagement and may comprise a set of notches such as 40 for securing the rubber. Introducing said ferrule between spiral 50 and rubber I is completed by screwing on an outer threading 4I of nut 35, another nut 42 which is liable to freely turn around tube 31 and which adjuststhe required driving of ferrule 31a by resting against a ange 43 of said tube 31. 'i

When operation is ended, the various members occupy the position shown on Fig. 1. Rubber I whichjis relatively thick, is seen to be held perfectly tight between ferrule 39- 40 of valve tube 31 and nut 35. This clamping provides a good air-tightness and prevents an immoderate wrenching of valve tube 31.

This atube may externally be provided with a threading 44 enabling to screw on it a nut 45 designed to hold the valve tube in a convenient position, on a support member such as 48 which may 'besprovided on the wheel at an appropriate pointfor the valve to be easily reached; This memberV 48 may be made of metal or elastic substance such as rubber associated or not to metal. For instance, member 48 may comprise a metal portion held tight under one of the xing nuts of the wheel and ending in a strip of elastic substance on which is fixed the valve ferrule.

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The use of such a strip of elastic substance for i fixing the ferrule, offers the advantage of shielding hose I and the inner tube from reactions taking place during a bursting and which are liable, in the case of a stiff xing of the ferrule, to overstrain the inner tube and to damage it.

The fixing of threadlike core I onlyr through its end next to the valve, as shown on Fig. 1, is convenient for the following reasons:

Itis known that when, owing to an air leakage out of the inner tube, the tyre turns on the rim of the Wheel, the inner tube is dragged along. If the valve is stiff (or made of a metal hose sheathed with rubber), the inner tube gets torn for it is attached to the rim through its valve. On the contrary, if the valve, according to the invention, is made of a relatively supple rubber hose and a supple complex inner reinforcement it is noticed that the inner tube is not damaged when the tyre turns on the rim. The valve yields, that is to say the rubber hose is cut and the threadlike inner reinforcement which is not fixed to the inner tube; remains integral with the valve ferrule fixed to the wheel. Resulting damages are easily repaired since it is enough to recuperate the valve ferrule and to fit it on the end of the portion of rubber hose which has remained attached to the s inner tube.

The outer surface of supple hose I may be proface.

What I claim is:

`1,. A tyre-valve device comprising a valve, a valve ferrule, to which is secured a long supple hose having a thick rubber wall, said rubber wall having a supple reinforcement embedded therein, a metal spiral wire reinforcement wound around the inner surface of said supple hose, said spiral wire containing a threadlike core of smaller diameter fixed only at one end to said rubber hose through said valve ferrule, and a sealing member connecting the portion of the hose opposite to the valve with an inner tube of a tyre.

2. A tyre-valve device comprising a valve, a valve ferrule ending in a stiff tube, a long supple hose internally secured to the external face of said stii tube through a nut, said nut having an -inner threading biting and being screwed on the lsupple hose and an outer threading, a second nut `being in threaded engagement with said outer threading, a metal spiral wire reinforcement A`wound aroundthe inner surface of ,the supple hose, said spiral wire containing a threadlike core of smaller diameter xed only at one end to said rubber hose through said valve ferrule, and a sealing member for connecting the portion of the vhose opposite to the valve with an inner tube of a tyre.

3. A tyre-valve device according to kclaim 2. wherein the end of the stiff tube of the valve ferrule-is tapered and engages between the supple hose and the threadlike core.

4. A tyre-valve device according to claim 2, wherein the end of the stiff tube of the valve ferrule is provided Vwith notches for securing the rubber.

Y' 5. A tyre-valve device according to claim 2, wherein the sti tube of the valve ferrule is provided with a flange, and said second nut bears on said flange.

6. A tyre-valve device according to claim 2, wherein the stiff tube of the valve ferrule is provided with an external threading receiving a nut, said nut tightening the stiff tube against a fixing member integral with a wheel.

NOL J. NEBOUT.

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